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Gender & Sexuality, Politics

Without Women There Is No Democracy

On the hundreth anniversary of suffrage, it’s time for gender equity in political office.

Jennifer M. Piscopo, Shauna L. Shames

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Gender & Sexuality

Gender & Sexuality, Science & Nature

“Female Viagra” Is No Feminist Triumph

The FDA has approved an ineffective drug for a disease that may not exist.

Anne Fausto-Sterling

Gender & Sexuality, Politics

Grandparents Today

Lily Tomlin and Julia Garner in Grandma.

Claude S. Fischer

Arts in Society, Gender & Sexuality

Our Panics, Ourselves

Richard Beck's new book on the moral panic over child abuse in the 1980s.

Rebecca Onion

Arts in Society, Gender & Sexuality

The Passion of Ellen Willis

"She didn't believe in God. But she believed. Optimism was her faith."

Judith Levine

Arts in Society, Gender & Sexuality

How Should a Friendship Be?

On the reissue of Linda Rosenkrantz's Talk.

Maggie Doherty

Gender & Sexuality

How Not to Be Elizabeth Gilbert

For female travel writers, it's a risk.

Jessa Crispin

Gender & Sexuality, Politics

In Same-Sex Marriage Case, a Contest over History

History really matters in Obergefell v. Hodges.

Nancy F. Cott

Gender & Sexuality, Law & Justice

Same-Sex Marriage Is Not Sexual Liberation

Without sexual liberation, sexual oppression and sexual violence will continue.

Judith Levine

Gender & Sexuality, Politics

Looking Back on the Struggle for Marriage Equality

Today, marriage was affirmed as a constitutional right for same-sex couples in the United States.

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Gender & Sexuality, Politics

Same-Sex Marriage Yes, Adultery No?

Trends in American Opinion

Claude S. Fischer

Gender & Sexuality, Law & Justice

Elder Consent: The New Sex Panic?

One report on purported elder abuse describes victims as dependent captives “in highly sexualized environments.”

Judith Levine

Arts in Society, Gender & Sexuality

The Seduction of Normalcy

On Maggie Nelson's The Argonauts.

Diana Arterian

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